Udanavarga [sanskrit]

by W. Woodville Rockhill | 1892 | 13,101 words

The Udanavarga is a collection of Sanskrit verses representing aphorisms attributed to the Buddha and his disciples. The Udanavarga resembles the Pali Dhammapada and Udana, yet it belong the ancient tradition of early Buddhism. Alternative titles: Udānavarga (उदानवर्ग).

उत्तानेनाप्रमादेन सम्यमेन दमेन च ।
द्वीपं करोति मेधावी तम् ओघो नाभिमर्दति ॥ ५ ॥

uttānenāpramādena samyamena damena ca |
dvīpaṃ karoti medhāvī tam ogho nābhimardati || 5 ||

The English translation of Verse 4.5 is contained in the book Udanavarga by W. Woodville Rockhill.

Glossary of Sanskrit terms

Note: This extracts Sanskrit terms and links to English definitions from the glossary, based on an experimental segmentation of verse (4.5). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.

Uttana, Apramada, Samya, Sami, Dama, Dvipa, Karoti, Medhavin, Medhavi, Ogha, Nabhi,

Analysis of Sanskrit grammar

Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Verse 4.5). If the system was successful in segmenting the sentence, you will see of which words it is made up of, generally consisting of Nouns, Pronouns, Verbs, Participles and Indeclinables. Click on the link to show all possible derivations of the word.

  • Line 1: “uttānenāpramādena samyamena damena ca
  • uttānenā -
  • uttāna (noun, masculine)
    [instrumental single]
    uttāna (noun, neuter)
    [instrumental single]
  • apramādena -
  • apramāda (noun, masculine)
    [instrumental single]
    apramāda (noun, neuter)
    [instrumental single]
  • samyam -
  • samyā (noun, feminine)
    [adverb]
    sam -> samya (participle, masculine)
    [accusative single from √sam class 1 verb], [accusative single from √sam class 10 verb]
    sam -> samya (participle, neuter)
    [nominative single from √sam class 1 verb], [accusative single from √sam class 1 verb], [nominative single from √sam class 10 verb], [accusative single from √sam class 10 verb]
    samī (noun, masculine)
    [accusative single]
  • ena -
  • a (noun, masculine)
    [instrumental single]
  • damena -
  • dama (noun, masculine)
    [instrumental single]
    dama (noun, neuter)
    [instrumental single]
  • ca -
  • ca (indeclinable conjunction)
    [indeclinable conjunction]
    ca (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    ca (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
  • Line 2: “dvīpaṃ karoti medhāvī tam ogho nābhimardati
  • dvīpam -
  • dvīpa (noun, masculine)
    [adverb], [accusative single]
    dvīpa (noun, neuter)
    [adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]
  • karoti -
  • karoti (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [adverb]
    karoti (noun, feminine)
    [compound], [adverb]
    karoti (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single], [accusative single]
    kṛ (verb class 8)
    [present active third single]
  • medhāvī -
  • medhāvī (noun, masculine)
    [compound]
    medhāvī (noun, feminine)
    [compound], [nominative single]
    medhāvin (noun, masculine)
    [nominative single]
  • tam -
  • ta (noun, masculine)
    [adverb], [accusative single]
    ta (noun, neuter)
    [adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]
    (noun, feminine)
    [adverb]
    tan (noun, masculine)
    [adverb]
    sa (noun, masculine)
    [accusative single]
  • ogho* -
  • ogha (noun, masculine)
    [nominative single]
  • nābhim -
  • nābhi (noun, feminine)
    [accusative single]
    nābhi (noun, masculine)
    [accusative single]
  • ardati -
  • ard (verb class 1)
    [present active third single]
    ard (verb class 6)
    [present active third single]
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